The impact of nanotechnology upon interstellar solar sailing and SETI

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY REFLECTIVE; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; LARGE SHIPS; LUNAR TELESCOPES; NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE; SOLAR SAILING; SURVIVAL PROBABILITIES;

CABLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SHIPS; SUN;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 70449746830     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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